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Vol. ?,XX?V....No. 24,647.
[f opTrlrht. 1811,
By the Tribune A ??or,?? Ion 1
\EW YORK, SUNDAY, MAY 10,
1014.- -SEVEN PARTS?74 PAGES.
PRICE FIYE CENTS.
(81 KILLED AS
MTa ETNA QUAKE
LEVELS TOWNS
Widespread Ruin Caused
by Earth Upheaval
in Sicily.
350 WERE INJURED;
MANY WOMEN DEAD
Mothers and Children Are
Buried Under Houses?
Hundreds Homeless.
KINO MAY VISIT SCENE
/
Troops Sent with Supplies to
Stricken Catania District?
Pnpe Aids Sufferers.
Cata: ?--. May ?V--A great
?tr frVf-ltfag brought de
? ?? ? -, i . -. ..lagcs near Mount
I-.- Ths number of dead at present
M Off .?-.'.:?' ]-la? e?J at lsl with about
... l*-*-**S portion of the
territe-ry has not been ln
Bpected
BM extemls from Zaf
the highest ? llla-*e on Mount
? -'-n A? i Reale on
urrr on th?? north. Tt
ntre of the dts
.iriil Santa Yenerina.
In I 110 persons were
Uld .-'?>? InJurad; in the village of
Bonginrdc? 13 dead and 27 injured have?
the ruins. At Cosen?
1 and many injured.
i many smaller places
proel ? :ied.
Automobiles ut-.-, h mad' the trip to
thre'iigh ?! o ?ievastated region
I I :"? | torced to make 'long det?>urs
lurefl Si rei??a the
The enormous fore-e of the earth
IBSka was evident everj-vt-her?,-, and the
M restrict presented s spectacle of
desolation, ruin and death.
Ruin Is Widespread.
the debris cries of the Injured
coulei be heard. Others asked that their
ati\es be transported to
as all train service has been
c owing to the collapse of
bridg-.--. i n.ken tracks and obstructed
'
For MnturiSS this region has s?ufTererl
from eartc,'iuake-., owing to the activity
ef Mount Ktna. Yet it is relatively
thi'kly populated, as the land is most
fertile ? in ?yard s ri-winir with little
?
: point of the dtstai b*
,nzen "f bodl?*s were observed
f?:ong lh? road. Many of them
they were bad?
ly crushed. Heai trending lamentations
and '.he injured lay in
'ance?. which has
?eut to them.
Of" || a mass of
BSB whi??h did not col
? . rP ao broken as to BBS?
omplstenssS of the dis
.c? consisted of about
? labltant*
A msjoritj of the people escaped bs
? e aha h occurred when the men
I me of the? ?vomc-n were still
Ma Ihs ticlds. From the vine
PAtos thi .????? their houses falling,
snd - ',? ti tii?-\ arrived at their homes
Und only wreckage, with tome
?Tople bunerl hewath it
Many Women Among Dead.
? r the fact that most
? ?M Mitlm: at Llnsrs were? wom-n
ind '! Iren The men, In a frenzy at
t'rrr; , ?1 (rief, attacked the debris
Mas their oar? hands in an effort to
Mr- and children.
General? Trabucchl and Moccagatta
?hein ?.ininand of the w??rk of ri?scue,
?hi.li Is n ing expeditiously performeel
by loldi' rs. -ireiiun polieemm and Hed
*->*??>?? ? oluntee 11
It it expected that weeks will pass
Were U ? full extent of th? dit
"*n be ? d as it M bsHsi sd
ftany u . : .-? burM under their
???""n?s is tl e isolatsd country districts.
No ti?. rjisiister reached h? re
?M? Bl| e the railroad tracks
lorn up, all the telegraph poMt
?i ai:d the roads could not be
they are not only blocked
eleblis but all the
?Jj?%M ri.kcn.
'r^* run onus "f the earthejuake '
. ? rely felt here. Th? :
?tro.--.ger lamed six second?.
?vers extinguished and
"?*<reet?rajlwsya were put out of ser
-
r ished out of houses, j
Many of them
and others crowded
At the hospitals pu?
pils ran to the ?ourtvurds, implon-ig
?b*mv Ulnervinl, prefect of Catan nt.
*? ??eejing when the firat group of
j*tives -ouaed the town. Roused by,
nonet t distress, he at once guth
Jj|?Ul h officials, had the soldier? of
slled out. mobilize.l all
?V ' BT-tiUble doctors and nurses and
^man-iu'ed all the automobiles in I
il city.
IW*11 f?r belP WM *ent t0 Uome'
V*"1*1, Balandra telegraphed to the1
5 ^ tUt '""?ral i.randi, Miniater
jj *r. and Admiral Knrico Millo,
tc*ltr"f Marine had given or?i?-r0
m '? savsJ eommanders
teatlnufd oq 0mMo 8, column J
TAFT IN SUFFRAGE TOILS
Narrowly Escapes Kidnapping
on Way to Bryn Mawr Pete.
I By Tr!esT-?v?h to il.e Tribune :
Philadelphia. May 0 -Totally igtior
ing hie vigorous phyaic-ue anel the dig?
nity due hi? years and station, sixty
r-uffraglsts tried to-dsy to capture for?
mer President Taft an ho was on his
?raj t.? Bryn Mawr college to sec his
daughter. Helen, in the Muy Dav fete
Mit*? Katherine Shea, a public school
teacher and "votes for women" l??ader,
recognized the Taftlan figure in th*.
BrO-4 street station nnd gave the word
to her fellow suffragists. Instantly
there was a rush in flying wedKe for?
mation. Mr. Taft K'"?d naturedly
--triif-Kled through the mob of besieger.?:
.ind finally managed to rea. h his train
KANSAS NEEDS 40,000 MEN
Wants Harvesters for Record
Breaking Wheat Crop.
By T??ir|rn|?ri to The TrlLunr 1
Topeka. Kan., M;?v i? Kansas trill
need -HMXK? more men than are avail?
able now to harvest its splendid crops.
The rainfall has ? ome at Just the right
time and there is every prospect of a
bumper production of wheat
The crop promises to be good all
through Oklahoma, Montana and the
states adjacent, as w??ll as in Kansas.
A Macedonian cry has been sent out
for help in gathering this great wealth
brought out of the ?oil. If the unem?
ployed want work they tan find It In
Kansas.
JUSTICE L?MAR A
PEACE DELEGATE
United States to Send Only Two
Envoys to Conference Over
Mexican Difficulty.
trrom The Trtnine Bureau. 1
Washington. May i>.-Joseph R. La
mar, justice of the Supreme Court of
the Vnited States, will he the other
tlclegate of this country, with Fr-'l
erick G. Lehmann. Solicitor General in
President Taft's administration, to th?
peace conference i ailed by the ABC
mediators to settle the Mexican difn
eultv.
With Justice Laoiar*fl appointment If
was stated this afternoon the United
states would have only two represen?
tatives at Niagara Falls, Ont. General
Huerta has sent three to argue his side
of the case. A dispatch received here
this morning states they left Mexico
City to-day for 'he Canadian meeting
place.
Justice llamar was sppolnted to the.
Supreme Court of the 1'nlted States in
1911 and is from Georgia, where a dis?
tinguished career at the bar included a
term on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the state.
Mr. Lehmann and Justice Lamar, it
is expee ted. will be attended during the
conference at Niagara FhIIs b> a larg?
? orpB of assistants and internatior.nl
law experts from the State Depart?
ment.
WOMAN FIGHTS MANIAC
Beaten by Insane Invader Who
Attacks' Baby.
Mrs Harriet Maohan was sitting in a
' room of her apartments at 316 East f-!?th
Bt last Bight, her baby in her arms anel
her three small children gathered around
her listening to the "xood night" fairy
?tory when a window flew up anel a man
sprang into the room.
Wild and dishevelled, he glared around
him for a second, then, rushing across
the room, snatched the har?v from Mrs.
? Macban'S arms and tossed It high In Hie
' air. Fortunately, the infant fell on a
bed and was not injured. Mrs Machan
.lumped up, but before ?he could ateam
the was kaocked down, and her assailant
Storni over her laughing.
I The mother got to her feet and started
BCrOSB the room, calling for help, her
children clinging to her skirts and e-rying
The maniac knorke?! her down again
Patrolman BtlCUftfl heard her crtSS He
rushed into the apartment, and With the
assistance of neighbors BSbdUOd the ma?
nia? after a harel fight. When the pris?
tine- was taken to the night court it was
found that he was Patrick Mo? "abe. of
M6 Eaal 71s| Bt Relatives told Matts?
trat? Lev) that he had been in an insane
ssylum, and the magistrate sent him to
Bellevue Hospital for observation
This Morning*s News.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.
Shift live Liners Into Troopships. . . . 1
German Ship "Crisis Averted. 1
?>ii CTpsettt?fl Wilson Policy...'. a
Huerta Free to Fight Hel?is. . 3
?i?.min More Tre?ops May Gei.. 3
LOCAL.
contempt Charged In Bochar ?"ase.... i
Two Girls iiii'i Cocaine. 4
Penit? utlttrv I'""' Wasted. 4
Four I?ead In Newark lire. 6
lour Hurt When Autos Collide. 8
Rockefellers to Sh.in <Hhurch To-day. 13
Student, 18 Sued for $10.000 Malm .13
Wife Faints In Court Walling nail. 13
Oriental Fair at Barnard.13
GENERAL
C W Post Commits Suicide. 1
suffragists March on ChnMol. s
Mabler'a Bympheejy al Festival.n
FOHEIOH.
Great Earthquake In Sicily. 1
King Visits Lady Irene ?urr.on. S
Came Hunter Praises BOOSSTSlI.S
London Approves Subway . 8
London's Most Bsantlful Women. 8
I ondon Clubs Dec-line m Favor. S
I rench Friendlv Towar.l 1 I. S
Herlln Ho?! to 0. B. Hosts. S
German Boy Actors Debut. S
Italy to Surprise'at Fair. S
MISCELLANEOUS.
.7
hipping .
rather .
editorial .*'
)bltuary ._" '
?porting Section ._"_ _ .
i:,state-Patt 4. 1. 3. 3. 4 and 5
i ? i .., i 4 ... .8, 7 and 8
?inanci-ii -1 an *.m
rmv and Navy Part 4. ?
ce Hept., Wills Filed?Part 4.S
CATANIA, WITH MOIXT ETNA IN THE BACKGROUND.
CONTEMPT CHARGED
IN BECKER TRIAL
Evening Paper Prints Whit?
man's Address to Jury
Before Delivered.
TO ARRAIGN 3 MEN
AT MONDAY SESSION
-
"Broke Faith," Says Prosecutor?
Defence May Claim Mistrial?
Jury Still Lacks Two.
The smooth and expeditious course of
i he proceedings in the second trial of
Charles Becker, ? harged with the mur?
der of Herman Hosenthal, which led to
the filling of the jury box at adjourn?
ment on Writing, was seriously ohachod
yesterday by the?? developments of the
day.
The possibility of a mistrial, though
that result is not expected, arose in the
citation for contempt of court by Jus?
tice Seabnry of the editor, city editor
and a reporter of "The Globe" for Um
premature publication of District At?
torney Whitman's opening address to
the jury. The contempt will be argued
before Justice Seabnry at the close o."
. court to-morrow.
It had been expected that there?
would be no further ?hange in the jury
and that the District Attorney would
proceed with the opening of the peo?
ple's case at the beginning of the ses?
sion. Copies of the District Attorney's
address had been given out to the af?
ternoon papers, subject to release at
the proper time.
Becker's Lswyers to Act.
it developed, hotrovor, that ttro jarora
tu,ere ex? us? ?1 at the opening of cour:
ami a third later on. and there yet re
main two vacancies in the box to le
rilled to-morrow. ? The opening ad 1res-,
was published in an early edition of
? The Globe" and was on the street BOOS
after court opened.
The contempt situation op. ned the
doors fur th,? defence to move for a
mistrial, and Becker's lawyers internl
to make the most <>f the opportunity.
It can be said that .Martin T Mant?n,
i-hief counsel for the defence, will make
siie'h a motion at 'he opening of c ,uri
t<?-morr<>.v and that it will be vigor?
ously opposed by the Dlstriet Attor?
ney.
Th. liefen? e will pursue this action,
it is understood, with r.o real expo ta
tion ?if success or desire to bloek the
trial, but SSSOnl?ally to get upon the
record an Incident which might sup?
port the contention made by Becker's
lawyers the first ?lav that sentiment is
being created prejudicial to the inter?
ests ??f their client. Furthermore, as a
matter of court record, the ine-ident
might be useful in the event of an ap?
peal if the verdict ahould go agalnat
Becker for th?- second tima
When seen at his other? after the
adjournment of court Mr. Mant?n
said:
"It is against the policy of this of?
fice to try the case outside of the court?
room We will say nothing regarding
the developments of the day except
that we shall take on Monday such pro?
ceedings as we deem advisable. I will
add this, however, that, regardless of
the outcome Monday. Charles Becker
anel his lawyers are most eager to have
the trial proceed Be?ker is Innocent,
anel we are confident of his acquittal."
It Is thought likeh that the defence
will also attempt M hold District At
Cenllnued ?in page I. ?olunm S
REBELS TO ATTACK TAMPICO
Carranza Likely to Send
Mediation Agents.
Washingi'-n, Mav il- Rear Admiral
Badger reported to-ntsjbl 'hat ths
re-bf Is were abniit to attaik Tampico.
Washing! ?>n May .?.?That hope hail
not been abandoned of inte resting (?en?
trai Carranza, the Constitutional,st
Chief, In the mediation preliminaries at
.Niagara Falls, to which the I'ntted
States ami OsnSTSl Huerta are to send
agents, was made known here late to?
night by persons in close touch with
Carranza.
It was asserted there, were strong in
tlmatlon? that the rebel chief would
receive a modified invitation to send a
representation to the Viagara Falls
? onfVrence, despite his declination to
declare a truce with Huerta. If the
note had not been sent it would soon
be on the way from the mediators, it
was >-aid.
HUERTA MAKING
HIS LAST STAND
Reported to Have Mined National
Palace and Prepared for
Coming of Rebels.
Yera Cruz. May 0. ? The arrest of
Walter ('. Whlffen, correspondent of
The Associated Press, and a Washin?
te?n newspaper photographer, A. J. Sut
lem. and their detention, while two
Knglishmen who w.-re arrested with
th?m were promptly release-el, has been
taken as ; n add?'d evi?len??e of Huerta'3
determination to tak?! the most Ba?
uern? measures before permitting the
rebels to sequin possession of th>- cap?
ita!. In this connection various re?
ports are current, ranging from threats
to for.-e an ?.iitr-i'le- ? nifli? t to a well
authenticated report that Huerta has
mined the National PfcUaCe, tin poit
ofln ?-. the Department eif C'onimuni a
ii?ms and other public building.?.
One man ?vh<> has ht-en "?"-Siding m
Mexico ''it? estimatif Hu?rta's forces
the-re as probahly not metre than 3,000,
with no great supply of artillery sad
smmunltion tow. Th. tr?'?>ps about
him, however, are BSSCllllBd a3 Ihe
Bower ?>f the arm.?.
Zapata, after a su? cessl'ul attack on
Cuernavai-a. i* i ?ported to have move?!
his fein'?SI to Ajiis'-". e?n the si?le of the
volcano of the same name, only a few
miles distant from the capital
The Impression among most military
men and practically all the residents of
the capital is that the world will no:
have long to wait for the final chapter
in the struggle betwi ? n Huerta und his
en? mies.
MSB] v? Iki have resided ,n the capital
are eonvin'-ed that Huerta intends the
destruition of the city before his de?
parture, explaining that the man is ho
. I .->? ?I with the idea that he is the
? nly one capable of directing the gov?
ernment that he has become practically
irresponsible. They regard Mexico City
as a place which will soon be as dan?
gerous for Mexicans as fe.r foreigners.
ABAND0N_H0PE FOR MAYO
Kentucky Democratic Leader in
Dying: Condition.
.lehn C Calhinin Mayo. D?mocratie?
national c ?mmltteeman from Ktntueky.
was reported in a dying conditi?>n at
the Waldorf at a late hour last night
Peritonitis d?>v?-|opod Saturda.v. and
sit MM then all hopp of his recovery has
been lost I ITS, Biggs and Slade are
In constant attendance.
Mr Mayo was rushed to this ******* on
a spe? ?al tram several weeks ago In a
, ritical condition from Rrlght's disease,
after his brother. \Vashlngt?>n Main,
ha'l submitted to a blood transfusion
operation. Pneumonia developed and
then peritonitis. At the bedside of the
ill man are his brother and his wife. '
C. W. POST, ILL, ENDS
LIFE BY GUNSHOT
Death Shows Ce-eal Manu?
facturer Had Carefully
Planned Suicide.
USES RUSE TO ELUDE
HIS WIFE AND NURSE
Started Life Penniless, and Was
Pioneer in Country's Prepared
Food Industry.
Santa Barbara, CM., May ft.? Charles
W. Post, of Battle Creek. Mich., who
arose from poverty to wealth anel fame
in business as a cereal food manufact?
urer, killed himself here at his summer
home this morning. While a nurse was
out of his room he lay down on his bed,
put the muzzle of a rifle In his mouth
and pulled the trigger with his toe.
The circumstances of his death con?
vince the authorities that Mr. Post had
been planning sui?-ide for several days.
He had heen convalescent from a seri?
ous illness, and nurses were In constant
ati?ndame. This morning he arose,
had breakfast and lounged about until
1?) o'cloch. Then he excused himself,
telling the nurse on duty that he was
going to his apartment to lie ?lou-n.
Exactly what happened afterward is
a matter of conjecture. A shot was
heard. The nurse rushed to the apart?
ment upstairs and found Mr Post
stretched on the floor dead. The rifle*
lay in a position that indicated that the
body had rolled off the hod. arrying
the weapon a Ith It.
Fight with Illness.
Mr. Post's serious Illness began In
Dootmber. He travelled and consulte?!
various speel.illsts. but matter.-* were
brought to a crisis two months ago
when an attack of append!? itis threat?
ened his life. He was put aboard a
special train, trailed by an extra en
glne to be us^d in us? of accident, and
rushed to Dr. Mayos hospital at
Rochsstsr, Minn.
The arrival at Rochester on March d
was three and a half hour? ahead of
time A crowd at the station hampered
the removal of the patient, and he x\*3
examine?1 by specialists in his private
car befeire being taken to the hospital.
The operation was performed four days
later and was pronounced successful.
Mr. Post returned to his winter home,
feiur miles from here, accompanied by
a stuff of nurses His mind seemed
clear, but, as he hiniseif complained, he
was at times unable to control his
nerves. Between attacks he went
about as he pleased, and in the last
tew weeks had been buying real ee
tate adjoining his home and planning
a new residence.
He discussed some of his financial af?
fairs with Mrs. Post this morning, and
at hi? request she started to town to
transact some business for him. As
soon as she had gone the patient an?
nounced that he wished to sleep, and
insisted that Ella Benson, his nurse,
should not accompany him to his apart?
ment.
Woman Discover* Suicids.
He had had little more than time to
get Into the apartment when the sound
of the shot was hoard downstairs.
Miss Benson ran upstaira and almost
stumbled over the body as she entered
the sleeping room. Physicians said
that Mr. Post's death had been in?
stantaneous. Mrs. Post hurrted home,
and bore up well under the shock of
her husband's suicide.
A search of the room failed to dis?
close the hiding place of the njie with
- I
Continued oa page t, eelumn S
R. H. DAVIS A PRISONER
IN MEXICO CITY, SAYS
?MESSAGE TO FUNSTON
Tribune Corespondent and Medill McCormick
Reported Arrested; Four Other News?
papermen Taken in Charge.
TWO ENGLISHMEN AMONG NUMBER
State Department Acts on Receipt of News, Demanding
Noted War Writer's Immediate Releas*;?British Am?
bassador Also Takes a Hand in the Affair.
Vera Cruz, May 9.?Richard Harding Davis, correspondent of
The New York Tribune, and Medill McCormick, correspondent of
"The Chicago Tribune," are under arrest in Mexico City, according
to information reaching Brigadier General Funston to-night.
Walter C Whiffen, correspondent of The Associated Press;
Sutton, a photographer for "The Washington Post"; Oliver M.
Hueffer. correspondent of "The London Express," and Alfred J.
Rourke, another English correspondent, also were arrested at Mex?
ico City on Thursday evening. They had just arrived from Vera
Cruz, and the police were waiting with coaches when the train drew
into the station.
All of them were taken to jail under guard, and Whiffen and
Sutton were held for investigation. The two Englishmen were re?
leased, and the officer who arrested them was reprimanded.
Whiffen carried only a handbag, which happened to contain a
copy of "The Mexican Herald." The official who searched the bag
remarked. "That kind of English doesn't go here." Whiffen was
released some time later. Sutton carried a camera, which was con?
fiscated. He showed a correspondent's credentials, signed by Rear
Admiral Badger, but this had no effect.
Hueffer went at once to the Brazilian Minister, who informed
the British Minister. Sir Lionel Carden, and also called on the police
to release the Americans. The police replied that some action
would be taken as soon as the chief of police had investigated the
merits of the case.
Rourke returned here, while Hueffer remained at Mexico City.
The British Consul here has received no advices, and the Brazilian
Consulate is closed.
STATE DEPARTMENT DEMANDS
DAVIS S RELEASE AT ONCE
[From The Trtbune. Bureau. 1
Washington. May 9.?Word reachef
Washington abcut 0 o'clock this even
ing that President Huerta had impri?
oned Richard Harding Davis, The New
York Tribune correspondent, and other
war correspondent?, in M-alco City.
Within an hour thereafter messages
had been telegraphed to Mexico City
urging Da vis's immediate release.
The Secretary of State immediately
telegraphed to the Brazilian Ambas?
sador In Mexico City urging him to
make representations to President
Huerta demanding the prompt release
of Mr. Davis. The Brazilian Ambas?
sador. Senhor da Gama, promptly tele?
graphed to the minister of his country
in Mexico City urging him to impress
upon President Huerta the importance
of releasing Davis at once.
It is expected that this message,
coming from the highest ranking ??f
the ABC mediators, will prove potent
with the provisional President of Ml ?
Ico.
It was surmised by the Secretary of
State that the American correspondents
had been arrested a.? spies, and in his
communh'atlon he assured the Brazil
ian Minister that such was not the
??ase and that thev were reputable cor?
respondents, deserving of every cour
Usjr.
The British Ambassador, ?-"ir <">dl
Arthur Sprlng-Hiee. also telegraphed
to Sir Lionel Carden. British Minister
in Mexico ?'lty, assuring him that Mr.
Davis was a reputable <*on*espondent,
and suggesting that any influence
which the British Minister could axert
be? brought to bear to effect the prompt
release of The Tribune's correspondent.
It is the belief of the administration
that, in view of these? representations.
Duvis's incarceration will be extremely
rrlef.
SHIFTS FIVE LINERS
INTO TROOPSHIPS
War Department Rushes
Work on Vessels Char?
tered Here.
Although the administration st
Washington insisted yesterday that
there was no significance in the actt'
ltv of the War Department, ten tran?
sports were ?bartered, twenty more
contracted for to be ready on Tuesdav
and 14?'? regulars left Fort Slocum for
a Southern p?>rt.
Klvo transports wers chartered .-?
New York and on two of them a ior-e
of ."DO men, under direction of \rmy of?
ficers, began transforming them into
troop ships. Five other merchant
steamships were ?chartered yesterday
in the South.
Twenty additional i-teamships will b*.
chartered by Tuesday and put in readi
nesa for moving troopa.
-xactly the saitin pro?edure that
marked the beginning of troop move?
ments ?n the Spanish war was gone
through yesterday.
No army officer would hint as to what
troops were to be moved or where th?*;
would go. but it was learned the ChST?
tered steamships hav?i sailing orders
for Wednesday.
Two possibilities were admitted by
heads of the army here: {_ith?r the
transports, fully provisioned, will ?ail
for ?ialveston and embark troops there
or part of the large force of regulars
in New rsrh State will be Bent direct
to Mexico.
Any departure of regulars will be i >
?-'impkshed without bustle and unher
a!'le?l. That the army, when It wants
to, can move large numbers of troops
without notice was v.?denosi a ??hJtt
time ago, lien a full regiment of cav?
alry from Fort Kthan Allen .asaed
r?n?tB'???l ?a pase ?, entuma S
?. S. AVERTS CRISIS
OVER GERMAN SHIP
State Department Advised
Huerta Arms Would
Not Be Landed.
fFrom Th? Tribun? Furea-i I
Washington, Ma- p\ -The ?Hsis
threatened by the arrival of Orman
merchant ships at Puert?) Mexico with
arms and ammunition for Huerta ap?
parently has been averted. A ?able
message* received at the .-'tat'* Depart
ment from James L. Rodgers, the
American Consul Genera! at Havana,
said that the Kronprinzessin (eclle.
which had passed through Havana,
would not land the arms she carried
Mr. Roelgers BBld further that the
steamship Havana, also of the Ham
ruirg-Amerlcan Line, woul?l arrive m
Havana on May U Sn? ahtO cB***fMBJ
arms for Huerta, but the agents in
Havana are advising that the arms
should not be delivered to the ..?.??
sign?e The St.it.- DsiMllSBBMl ap
parently aoept? Mr. Rodgers s state?
ment as final, and is (MM*rlMC8d that i?
hss been de??lded that the arms will not
be turned over to Hu?;rta.
The Kronprinzessin <'e?ilie, however,
arrived at Vera Cruz this morning, and
Rear Admiral Badger, m reporting her
appearance, said nothing as to whether
tv-e arms she carried had be? n un?
loaded. There is much uncertainty in
the matter, and Franklin D. Roosevelt,
the a? ting Se? retary of the Navy, sent
a i able message to Admirai Badger 10
night asking him to report whether the
munitions of war had been taken off
the Kronprinzessin Ce? lire at Puerto
Mexico.
Although the. State Department has
bad inf'irmation fur several days of the
approach at the Kronprinzessin i'eclhe
to Puerto Mexico with the shipment of
arms, nothing was done to prevent de?
livery. Mr Bryan said to-day that ha